2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Fine Arts is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,032 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Connecticut, there were 228 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fine arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k. UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Fine Arts at University of Connecticut

#2

Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$26,477 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Connecticut State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Danbury, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s fine arts degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WestConn, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WestConn are $26,477, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$14,847 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hartford landed the #3 spot on the list. UHart is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 10 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UHart are $14,847, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Fine Arts at UHart

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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